Hi there.
I’m integrating a CI/CD pipeline using a shell script (bash) and I’d like to know if there’s some way to trigger the “Sync” for the Field Groups using some kind of PHP/ACF hook or similar – without entering the WP Admin.
Thanks in advance.
ACF does not have any automated way to trigger field group syncing. My only suggestion would be to look at the code that ACF uses and build something.
Yep, I tried doing that, checking out the HTTP GET request I found out the way ACF does it but since the Sync is triggered inside the Admin, the pipeline just can’t connect to WP.
I guess I’d keep doing it by hand until some official solution is provided (which I guess won’t happen soon).
I don’t know if this will help you at all. What I mean is, build your own hook that you can trigger some way, but I don’t know if you can do that either.
For example, I created a function that runs and imports field groups when a theme is activated that looks something like this.
<?php
// when the theme is switched to this one
// add an action to admin_init to import groups
add_action('after_switch_theme', 'theme_name_activation');
function theme_name_activation() {
add_action('admin_init', 'theme_name_acf_auto_import_groups');
} // end function theme_name_acf_auto_import_groups
function theme_name_acf_auto_import_groups() {
// most of the following is taken directly from ACF
// get all existing ACF field groups
$groups = acf_get_field_groups();
if (empty($groups)) {
return;
}
$sync = array();
foreach ($groups as $group) {
$local = acf_maybe_get($group, 'local', false);
if ($local !== 'json') {
// field group is not loaded from json
// skip this one
continue;
}
if (!$group['ID']) {
// only do import on groups loaded from DB
$sync[$group['key']] = $group;
}
} // end foreach $group
if (empty($sync)) {
// no groups to sync
return;
}
foreach ($sync as $key => $v) {
if (acf_have_local_fields($key)) {
// sync the fields
$sync[$key]['fields'] = acf_get_local_fields($key);
}
// sync the group
$field_group = acf_import_field_group($sync[$key]);
} // end foreach sync
} // end function theme_name_acf_auto_import_groups
If there is a hook that you can trigger the you could potentially use something similar
